General Strategy:

Swordsoul are a Wyrm theme that rely on main deck monsters summoning tuner tokens. Since the tokens are non-effect monsters, they do not count toward Trinity's summon limit and provide you with wiggle room to do your plays. The deck takes full advantage of the powerful high-level Synchro toolbox currently present in the format, with cards such as Draco Berserker of the Tenyi. To help with their grind game and to play through disruption, this list plays Tenyi monsters, which also fill out the deck with Wyrms for the cost of your Swordsouls.

Opening Plays:

You will want to make use of the Swordsouls. Going first, you often want to make Draco Berserker of the Tenyi for disruption. Going second, you might want to consider Geomathmech Magma for cleaning up the opponent's board.

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The Win Condition:

Swordsoul can have insane starts by opening with a powerful level-8 Synchro monster, and you can constantly wear down your opponent with the advantage from Mo Ye draws and Tenyis. Be sure to capitalize on your opening plays to crush your opponent, as the deck's grind game is weaker than many other snowball strategies in the format. You might start to struggle if you run out of Synchro or Tenyi monsters, but by then your opponent should already be dead.

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Closing Thoughts:

Swordsoul is about coming out of the gates and making your opponent sweat, but things get interesting the longer the game goes. The best part about Swordsoul is that it can give you a ton of options, some of which admittedly aren't possible with this list. With the ability to make level 8 synchro monsters at the drop of a dime, maybe you want to play PSY-Framelord Omega and have a resistant monster that recurs your banished Tenyi monsters. If you want a Trinity deck that kicks butt and rewards skill and experimentation, Swordsoul is a fine place to start.

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Written by Wuh Train and Stephen Harper

Edited by WideWalrus

Decklist by Stephen Harper